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EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1) User Commands EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)
NAME
exo-desktop-item-edit - Create icons on the desktop
DESCRIPTION
Usage:
exo-desktop-item-edit [OPTION...] [FILE|FOLDER]
Help Options:
-?, --help
Show help options
--help-all
Show all help options
--help-gtk
Show GTK+ Options
Application Options:
-c, --create-new
Create a new desktop file in the given directory
-t, --type
Type of desktop file to create (Application or Link)
--name Preset name when creating a desktop file
--comment
Preset comment when creating a desktop file
--command
Preset command when creating a launcher
--url Preset URL when creating a link
--icon Preset icon when creating a desktop file
-v, --version
Print version information and exit
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use
AUTHOR
Written by Benedikt Meurer <benny@xfce.org>.
exo-desktop-item-edit comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, You may redistribute copies of exo-desktop-item-edit under the terms of the GNU
Lesser General Public License which can be found in the exo source package.
Please report bugs to <http://bugzilla.xfce.org/>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005-2006
os-cillation e.K. All rights reserved.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for exo-desktop-item-edit is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and exo-desktop-item-edit programs are
properly installed at your site, the command
info exo-desktop-item-edit
should give you access to the complete manual.
exo-desktop-item-edit 0.3.1.10rc1 September 2006 EXO-DESKTOP-ITEM-EDIT(1)